Comments on: Charter school bill revived in the Househttp://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/2009/charter-schools-bill-revived-in-the-house/
Tennessee PoliticsSun, 18 Aug 2013 19:49:31 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6By: jim hornhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/2009/charter-schools-bill-revived-in-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-3215
jim hornThu, 18 Jun 2009 13:27:52 +0000http://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/?p=4712#comment-3215Before you guys go hog wild for the corporate charter school propaganda, have a look at the first national peer-reviewed study of charter schools published by Stanford U. on June 15 (available here: http://credo.stanford.edu/).

Capsule of major findings:

page 3 of the National Charter School Study – Full Report .

“The Quality Curve results are sobering:

* Of the 2403 charter schools reflected on the curve, 46 percent of charter schools have math gains that are statistically indistinguishable from the average growth among their TPS [traditional public school] comparisons.

* The remaining group, 37 percent of charter schools, posted math gains that were significantly below what their students would have seen if they enrolled in local traditional public schools instead.”

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Chas SiskWed, 17 Jun 2009 16:30:14 +0000http://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/?p=4712#comment-3175The measure was approved on a voice vote. The bill will be moving through the legislature today, and we’ll be providing updates as quickly as possible, but you can also track it yourself by clicking the link on the bill number above.
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mike hollihanWed, 17 Jun 2009 14:58:38 +0000http://blogs.tennessean.com/politics/?p=4712#comment-3170Do you have the numbers on how the committee voted? What’s next for the bill?
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